Josephine Leslie
Irish author (1898–1979)
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Josephine Aimee Campbell Rowley Leslie (8 June 1898 – 28 April 1979) was an Irish writer, usually under the name R. A. Dick, taking the initials from her sea captain father.
8 June 1898
Josephine Leslie | |
|---|---|
| Born | Josephine Aimee Campbell Rowley 8 June 1898 Wexford, Ireland |
| Died | 28 April 1979 (age 80) |
| Other name | R. A. Dick |
| Occupations | Writer, playwright, novelist |
| Known for | The Ghost and Mrs. Muir (novel) |
Biography
Josephine A. C. Rowley was born in Wexford, Ireland, the daughter of Robert Abercromby Dick Rowley and Josephine Rosling Rowley. Her father died the same year she was born.[1] Her widowed mother, who was born in Surrey, raised her and her older brother, Edward, in England, specifically in Sunninghill,[2] Ealing[3][4] and Eastbourne.[5] She attended Princess Helena College.[6]
In 1927, Rowley married civil servant Melville Eric Leslie.[7][8] They had a son and a daughter. Melville Leslie was a colonial administrator in Nyasaland (Malawi) from the 1920s until 1947.[9] Josephine Leslie died in 1979, at the age of 80.
Literary career
Leslie most famously wrote the 1945 novel The Ghost and Mrs. Muir, which was made into a 1947 film and adapted for a 1960s TV series.[10] She also wrote the novels Unpainted Portrait (1954), Duet for Two Hands (1960), and The Devil and Mrs. Devine (1975)[11] and a play, Witch Errant (1954).[12]
Selected works
- Dick, R. A. (1945). The Ghost and Mrs. Muir. London, White Lion Ltd.[13]
- Dick, R. A. (1954). Unpainted Portrait. London, Hodder and Stoughton
- Dick, R. A. (1954). Witch Errant (a play)[12]
- Dick, R. A. (1960). Duet for Two Hands. Robert Hale
- Leslie, J. (1975). The Devil and Mrs Devine. London, Millington[14]
